OMG I TOTALLY remember doing that, circa 1978. My brother had a million of those helmets & we’d put them on my five gerbils an watch them totter around and crash into each other. Ahhh… misty water-colored memories….

The “Heisman Ham” is my hamster, Kyle. He is a Russian Dwarf Hamster. Unfortunately, he passed away before he could see himself (famously!) on Cute Overload. So seeing him is a little bittersweet. The helmet is a cupcake decoration and I got him to wear it by schmearing a little pb on the inside of the strap. He would do literally anything for peanut butter. Thanks to everyone who thinks this is a cute picture!